Stories of Chasing Asylum - Watching the Film

Stories of Chasing Asylum - Watching the Film

Lesson 2 of 11 in this unit

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Learning through film
  • Text Analysis
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students will be immersed in and connect with the documentary film Chasing Asylum. They will engage with the film from critical, emotional, cultural and ethical perspectives and understand some of the background of the film while also considering the intentions of the filmmaker.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • understand how to actively view documentary films
  • consider the importance of context and background when critically considering a documentary film
  • engage with the Chasing Asylum documentary as the filmmaker intended.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 10 English:

  • Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices (ACELY1749)

Syllabus outcomes: EN5-8D

General Capabilities: Literacy, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding.

Cross-curriculum priority:

Relevant parts of Year 10 English achievement standards: Students evaluate how text structures can be used in innovative ways by different authors. They explain how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary contributes to the development of individual style. They develop and justify their own interpretations of texts. They evaluate other interpretations, analysing the evidence used to support them. They listen for ways features within texts can be manipulated to achieve particular effects.

Unit of work: Stories of Chasing Asylum â€“ access the unit overview here.

Time required: 120 minutes.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – set up AV equipment, set film context and supervise student viewing of film.

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Skills

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

  • Empathy
  • Communication
  • Ethical understanding
  • Global citizenship
  • Cultural understanding
  • Social skills

Additional info

Chasing Asylum exposes the real impact of Australia’s offshore detention policies through the personal accounts of people seeking asylum and whistleblowers who tried to work within the system. To watch the documentary, stream it on Kanopy and Clickview or purchase the DVD at the ATOM Education Shop.

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